Noun
small arms pl (normally plural, singular small arm)
Firearms designed to be carried and fired by a single person, and often held in the hand.
The helicopter was attacked by small arms fire.
If passed by the U.N. and ratified by the U.S. Senate, the U.N. Small Arms Treaty would almost certainly force the United States to... create an international gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation. Paul Broun
According to him, the Sahel region is awash with small arms, which accounts for severe security challenges in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria. Source: Internet
A defence spokesperson said Pakistan resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars in Balakote and Mendhar sectors of Poonch around 2 am. Source: Internet
Although rifling had been tried on small arms since the 15th century, the necessary machinery to accurately rifle artillery was only available by the mid-19th century. Source: Internet
By July, more than half of Paraguay's 30,000-man invasion force had been killed or captured along with the army's best small arms and artillery. Source: Internet
Apart from north Kashmir, at least seven people, including two BSF porters, were injured in Jammu’s Poonch district as Pakistani troops resorted to intense mortar shelling and small arms fire “without provocation” in the Sawjian area. Source: Internet